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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What intensely special quality does Salieri believe Mozart's music possesses?
(a) He believes it is like the voice of God.
(b) He finds it is angelic, heavenly.
(c) He believes it has the power to charm birds and animals.
(d) He believes it is revolutionary in its atonal structure.

2. What word does Mozart use to describe the singer he has engaged to play the lead in his opera?
(a) Extra talented.
(b) Excessively beautiful.
(c) Extroverted.
(d) Exquisite.

3. In the context of the play, how long has it been since Mozart's death?
(a) Thirty-four years.
(b) Fifty-three years.
(c) Thirty-two years.
(d) Thirty years.

4. How does Mozart insult Count Orsini-Rosenberg?
(a) He tells him he looks like a turd.
(b) He tells him he looks like a toad.
(c) He makes an obscene gesture and laughs.
(d) He tells him he is fat as a toad.

5. What animal is Mozart pretending to be?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A cat.
(d) A fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plays the 'march of welcome' for Mozart?

2. Who is the lead singer Mozart has engaged?

3. Who formally introduces Mozart and Salieri?

4. How does Salieri get his hands on some of Mozart's manuscripts?

5. Which character receives a kiss from Salieri?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Salieri believe God is torturing him?

2. Comment on the dramatic function of the Venticelli in the opening scene.

3. What is the problem with Salieri's drive for fame?

4. What attitude towards the Emperor does Salieri display in the first scene of this section of the play?

5. What does Salieri do to cope with the psychic blow he has received through hearing Mozart's music?

6. What does Constanze's response to her husband's accusations tell us about her?

7. How does the play open?

8. What strategy does Salieri use in his attempt to seduce Constanze?

9. How does Salieri come to change his mind about meeting Mozart?

10. In what way does Salieri claim to be different from his parents?

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